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# Clinical exam: A

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- [**Abdominal auscultation: bowel sounds and bruits** Abdomen · Exam technique](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/abdominal-auscultation-bowel-sounds-and-bruits/)
- [**Abdominal inspection** Abdomen · Exam technique](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/abdominal-inspection/)
- [**Abdominal palpation: light and deep, guarding and masses** Abdomen · Exam technique](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/abdominal-palpation-light-and-deep-guarding-and-masses/)
- [**Abdominal percussion: liver span and tympany** Abdomen · Exam technique](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/abdominal-percussion-liver-span-and-tympany/)
- [**Abdominal regions and quadrants: what lies under each** Abdomen · Topic](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/abdominal-regions-and-quadrants-what-lies-under-each/)
- [**Abnormal gaits: hemiparetic, parkinsonian, ataxic, steppage, waddling** Nervous system · Sign](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/abnormal-gaits-hemiparetic-parkinsonian-ataxic-steppage-waddling/)
- [**Abnormal pulses: paradoxus, alternans, parvus et tardus, bounding** Cardiovascular system · Sign](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/abnormal-pulses-paradoxus-alternans-parvus-et-tardus-bounding/)
- [**Acute abdomen and peritoneal irritation** Abdomen · Syndrome](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/acute-abdomen-and-peritoneal-irritation/)
- [**Acute limb ischemia and chronic arterial insufficiency** Cardiovascular system · Syndrome](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/acute-limb-ischemia-and-chronic-arterial-insufficiency/)
- [**Adventitious sounds: crackles, wheezes, rhonchi, stridor and pleural rub** Respiratory system · Sign](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/adventitious-sounds-crackles-wheezes-rhonchi-stridor-and-pleural-rub/)
- [**Allen test** Cardiovascular system · Maneuver](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/allen-test/)
- [**Amenorrhea and galactorrhea: primary, secondary and four compartments** Systemic syndromes · Topic](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/amenorrhea-and-galactorrhea-primary-secondary-and-four-compartments/)
- [**Analysing a symptom: onset, site, character, radiation and more** History taking and the interview · Topic](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/analysing-a-symptom-onset-site-character-radiation-and-more/)
- [**Anemia syndrome** Systemic syndromes · Syndrome](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/anemia-syndrome/)
- [**Arterial pulse: rate, rhythm and amplitude** General exam and vital signs · Vital sign](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/arterial-pulse-rate-rhythm-and-amplitude/)
- [**Ascites: shifting dullness and fluid wave** Abdomen · Maneuver](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/ascites-shifting-dullness-and-fluid-wave/)
- [**Atelectasis syndrome** Respiratory system · Syndrome](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/atelectasis-syndrome/)

## A to Z

- A
- [B](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/b/)
- [C](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/c/)
- [D](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/d/)
- [E](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/e/)
- [F](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/f/)
- [G](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/g/)
- [H](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/h/)
- [I](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/i/)
- [J](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/j/)
- [K](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/k/)
- [L](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/l/)
- [M](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/m/)
- [N](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/n/)
- [O](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/o/)
- [P](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/p/)
- [R](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/r/)
- [S](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/s/)
- [T](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/t/)
- [U](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/u/)
- [V](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/v/)
- [W](https://durgical.com/en/clinical-exam/a-z/w/)

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